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As argentine I feel ashamed of people like deniese2012 who think that only the upper class is entitled to vote.
Even the distinguished deniese2012, who thinks she "gets the big picture", believes a very common myth: that most voters got an LCD to support the government.
Noble and learned deniese2012, that is both not true and unworkable.

Please, don't get us wrong. Not all Argentinians agree with the president. In fact, there are millions who don't. What's more, they dream of a day when she is no longer in power. The thing is that when it is time to vote, it is very hard to fight against the masses who only remember 2 things=the meagre grant they are given by the government (less than one hundred dollars a month) and the LED TV they have recently been given by the government as well. These people just shouldn't vote. They can't get the big picture.

Unasur lies because he/she is being payed by the Kirchner government. All of us who have state jobs feel the pressure to restrain from criticizing this government. We even receive internal memos that outline what we have to think/say/silence. The whoe country is becoming a concentration camp.

RwoB is talking they support the new Media Law and show worries about the polarization it means:

"Argentina’s new law on Audiovisual Communication Services (SCA), known in Spanish as the Ley de Medios, is due to enter fully into force tomorrow. Reporters without Borders reiterates its support for the bill’s general principles and endorses its application...The SCA should not have become a hostage to the current polarization in the country."

TE wrote "She has spent most of the southern-hemisphere spring battling with her country’s foreign creditors, media companies and trade unions."

Wrong.
The country has fought against vulture funds, which hold 7% of the Argentine public debt, from 2005.
The country has tried to apply a Media Law from 2009, and just only a Media group says they aren't going to obey the Law.
The Unions are protesting in the same way they protest in Europe.

TE: "The independence of Argentina’s courts has always been precarious."

Right.

TE: "The damage to the institution’s credibility was largely repaired by Néstor Kirchner" " Ms Fernández, his wife, was then a senator and pushed those reforms through the legislature."

Right. In the case of Supreme Court, members are the same now they were then.

" the government requested the recusal of nearly all the judges involved with the case, on the grounds that they had compromising ties to Clarín—ranging from attending conferences organized by the company’s subsidiaries to having previously ruled in favour of its affiliates."

Well, it is a part of the problem, and it is the damage Carlos Menem has done to Argentine justice. It is not a "good" Justice.

" the president lashed out at the courts herself, accusing the judges of corruption. “I don’t have proof,” she admitted, “but I have no doubt that when there is money involved, no matter what you do, they don’t care.” "

Exactly. It is the same situation of the trips made by Judicial members payed by Clarín.

I want to say two things:

First, It's clear Supreme Court changed during Néstor Kirchner's administration is better than every Supreme Court we had in the past, but the rest of the Judicial system is old, very old, maybe most of the was nominated by the last Dictatorship.

Second, current Media Law is not a Law made by the Kirchners, in fact this is a old proyect (ten years) and it was made by a lot of people and they wanted a democratization of the comunication in Argentina. In others words, they wanted to avoid what is happening now in Mexico.

Unasur, With all due respect. First: please don't quote Wikipedia because the K information contained therein is provided by the K administration. Hence, it is biased. Second: "This Law is needed by everybody". Wrong. I can assure you that the millions (literally) of people who are under-nourished, who need a house, drinkable water and sewers, who can't have a job and are unable to get any education whatsoever, who live in extreme poverty and do not have access to proper medical attention, well, I can assure you that the Media Law won't solve any of their problems. It's all about a senseless war promoted by CFK: the govt vs Clarin. It's all about CFK's greed to monopolize the media. But as George Orwell said: Everybody looses with war. There will be no winners. Ultimately, the poor and the helpless will remain poor and helpless, and that's very sad. CFK is a multimillionaire who has no regard for her people and those who voted for her.

Do you think Wikipedia is dominated by K administration? Well, it looks like a bit paranoic.

By the way, in my next comment (which is above), I put a link where a CNN's TV programme interviewed a man who is the resposible of Freedom of Speech in the United Nations. They said exactly the same I wrote in my comment.

So, do you think CNN and UN are dominated by K administration?

Do you ask how Media Law solves poverty in Argentina? Well, it doesn't solve poverty, but at least the next Governments don't need to do dirty bussines with Clarín if they wanted this "maffia" say good things about them (as Mauricio Macri now and Kirchner, Duhalde, Menem and the last Ditactorship did in the past).

In my opinion is an important first step.

Think about this: UK Pressed strongly to Murdoch because one of his newspapers spied some people. If Clarín does in the UK the same it did in Argentina, what could have happened to Clarín's owners? If it was in the US? I'm not doubt they will be burned in an electric chair.

Unasur, ¿preferirías que hablemos en castellano así me entendés mejor? Voy a hacerlo bilingüe, y listo. Unasur, would you rather I write in Spanish so you can understand me better? Either you don't handle the English language correctly or you are just talking nonsense. I never said Wikipedia is dominated by the K administration. I said that the information about the K administration that is reflected in Wikipedia is biased. You can look up any name or organization K-related in Wikipedia and all you will find is K-propaganda. Try it. Look for Colina, Boudou, La Cámpora, Aníbal Fernández, Milagros Sala, Vatayón Militante, whatever... Understand? Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia where each one loads the information they want. I, for instance, could say I'm Einstein's niece in Wikipedia, and who can challenge me? Nobody. So please, don't quote Wikipedia as a source. That's all. And CFK miente (lies), not Clarin. The thing is that CFK doesn't want us to know the awful truth about her corrupt administration. Thus, she monopolizes the media. At this stage, 85% of the media belongs to the K administration... talking about monopolios!

I normally don't agree with the articles written here about Argentina, which only seem to pick on "negative" things and totally omit the positive ones that occurred over the past years...But this article is spot on...the K government needs to understand that the judiciary is, should and must be an independent power this is what makes a country fairer and more democratic, providing a counter balance of the already overwhelming power of the government (executive power) - Some ruling will go their way, and some ruling will not - they need to stop attacking the courts and they need to respect their autonomy...otherwise we will end up like Cuba...god prevents this please!

Argentina's current leaders deserve all the trashing they get. They are ruining a once fabulously wealthy country while enriching themselves obscenely. They are a disgrace to Latin America and a burden that countries like Brazil have to endure. Boudou and Ciccone: do you think a "retrograde" society like Britain would tolerate that?